Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Richard Gitschlag wrote: >> >> In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time >> >> where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating >> >> between xcf and other formats. That use case is covered quite nicely by >> >> "sa

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Richard Gitschlag
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:55:04 +0100 > From: si...@budig.de > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save > > Daniel Hauck (dan...@yacg.com) wrote: > > "Owe"? Therein lies a kind of perspective concern. It's not a > > question of what is owed, but is what is wante

[Gimp-user] No image previews 2.8.6 Mac

2013-02-17 Thread uncle808us
>I no longer get previews for images I want to open in Gimp for Mac >2.8.6 >does anyone know why or how to fix this? Thanks. I mean 2.8.4 sorry. I command click to force a preview but nothing happens. This is very inconvenient. -- uncle808us (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

[Gimp-user] No image previews 2.8.6 Mac

2013-02-17 Thread uncle808us
I no longer get previews for images I want to open in Gimp for Mac 2.8.6 does anyone know why or how to fix this? Thanks. -- uncle808us (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailma

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Simon Budig
Daniel Hauck (dan...@yacg.com) wrote: > "Owe"? Therein lies a kind of perspective concern. It's not a > question of what is owed, but is what is wanted. The response to > something which is wanted is what matters here. Wanted by whom? We had lots of users here expressing their desire in a tone

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 02/17/2013 09:27 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: For now, there is no alternative to GiMP. Krita is a very nice alternative for a number of use cases. But if one were to appear, can you imagine what factors might come into play when peo

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Steve Kinney
On 02/17/2013 09:27 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > Eventually all currently existing software will become obsolete, and > GIMP is no exception. I have to question that. Free Software is a very valuable community toolbox. A project as large and complex as the GIMP represents tens of thousand

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: > For now, there is no alternative to GiMP. Krita is a very nice alternative for a number of use cases. > But if one were to appear, can > you imagine what factors might come into play when people decide what to > use? GiMP doesn't exist enti

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 02/17/2013 08:09 PM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: When a major UI change like this is contemplated, why would it not be implemented as a configuration switch which can be turned on/off on the Preferences menu? In this particular case, a simple switc

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: > When a major UI change like this is contemplated, why would it not be > implemented as a configuration switch which can be turned on/off on the > Preferences menu? In this particular case, a simple switch could reverse > the Save and Export

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 02/17/2013 07:21 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating between xcf and other formats. That use case is

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: >>> In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time >>> where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating >>> between xcf and other formats. That use case is covered quite nicely by >>> "save a copy".

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Jeffery Small
Alexandre Prokoudine writes: >On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Burlen Loring wrote: >> In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time >> where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating >> between xcf and other formats. That use case is covered quite

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Kasim Ahmic
I hate to be "that guy" but this will most likely never change. I don't want to say I hate that feature but it did cause quite the inconvenience for me when it first came out. Over time, I got used to it and now, it's second nature for me to click Export instead of Save when I need to export an

Re: [Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Burlen Loring wrote: > In the nearly 10 years of using the gimp I can't think of a single time > where this would be useful. I've never had a problem differentiating between > xcf and other formats. That use case is covered quite nicely by "save a > copy". But it

[Gimp-user] export vs save

2013-02-17 Thread Burlen Loring
I'm sure the author(s) feels that it's the best thing since sliced bread, however, differentiating between save and export in newer gimp is a ridiculous waste of time. it's so annoying and in efficient that I feel the need to chime in against it and strongly hope this change will be reversed i